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Natalie Portman has a date in Cincinnati! 16 Oct 2008
Today is the BIG day in Cincinnati! Today is the "Vote Early, Rock Late" rally in support of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, arranged by The National!It is FREE in Fountain Square and will feature performances by The National & The Breeders!
cincinnati.com reports that Actress Natalie Portman, best known for playing Queen Amidala in the most recent “Star Wars” films, will attend the rally at Fountain Square, and of course The National and The Breeders will provide the music.
Portman will speak in support of Obama at 7 p.m., between the bands. The event starts at 5 p.m. with a speech from Mayor Mark Mallory. Shuttles will escort voters to the Hamilton County Board of Elections if they wish to cast their ballots early.
The National are playing the NY Magazine 40th Anniversary party tonight! 10 Oct 2008
Film School UK tour with British Sea Power 02 Oct 2008
FILM SCHOOL is finally heading overseas to tour with their pals in British Sea Power! Pass these along to your friends there, as they put on an amazing show, which is evidenced by recent performances captured by FuelTV. Their fan missive is below!
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Heyo
We'll be taking a trip to the Motherland tomorrow to begin our dates with the amazing and talented (and Mercury Prize nominated) British Sea Power. We've been waiting a long while for these dates and to make a trip to the UK, can not wait. And we've added a couple headline dates to the end of the tour as well, one at legendary club Sonic Cathedral in London and a very special show at Club Mono in Oslo, Norway.
Norway?? Noway! Yesway.
UK/NORWAY DATES
Oct 2 CORN EXCHANGE Brighton (w/ BSP)
Oct 3 UNIVERSITY Southampton (w/ BSP)
Oct 5 THE JUNCTION Cambridge (w/ BSP)
Oct 6 ACADEMY Bristol (w/ BSP)
Oct 7 ACADEMY Birmingham (w/ BSP)
Oct 8 UNIVERSITY Newcastle (w/ BSP)
Oct 10 FAT SAMS Dundee (w/ BSP)
Oct 11 ABC Glasgow (w/ BSP)
Oct 12 RITZ Manchester (w/ BSP)
Oct 13 LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY Leeds (w/ BSP)
Oct 15 REGAL Oxford (w/ BSP)
Oct 17 ROUNDHOUSE London (w/ BSP)
Oct 19 SONIC CATHEDRAL London
Oct 21 CLUB MONO Oslo, Norway
We'll be posting pix/blog updates on our MySpace page for those who can't make the shows.
http://www.myspace.com/filmschool
ALSO
Check out a couple videos from our appearance on Fuel TV - The Daily Habit
"What I Meant To Say"
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1391585094/bclid1396506068/bctid1776464232
"Compare"
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1391585094/bclid1396506068/bctid1776577711
AND
Our music was featured in the first episode of web show LG15 - The Resistance. Trippy show, check it out.
Thanks to all our fans for your support this past year, we'll have updates for you on new music soon!
XO
FS
Peter Murphy On Tour 21 May 2008
Peter Murphy (whose many solo albums you can buy from this very website on CD and mp3) is hitting the road this summer for a full blown North American tour. Since the band broke up right at the release of Bauhaus' highly anticipated new album, Go Away White, this will still do the trick for a support tour. He will be joined by singer/songwriter Ali Eskandarian, who unleashed his debut album back in March on Wildflower Records. An opportunity to see Peter Murphy live is always something to take advantage of, so go catch him if he is coming to a town near you, and make sure you show up early for Ali Eskandarian.
05.30.08 - Seattle, WA (El Corazon)
05.31.08 - Portland, OR (Berbati's)
06.02.08 - San Francisco, CA (Regency Center)
06.03.08 - Anaheim, CA (House Of Blues)
06.04.08 - San Diego, CA (House Of Blues)
06.05.08 - Los Angeles, CA (House Of Blues)
06.06.08 - Ventura, CA (Ventura Theatre)
06.08.08 - Las Vegas, NV (House Of Blues)
06.09.08 - Tempe, AZ (Marquee Theatre)
06.11.08 - Denver, CO (Ogden)
06.15.08 - Kansas City, MO (Beaumont Club)
06.16.08 - Minneapolis, MN (Fine Line Music Cafe)
06.17.08 - Chicago, IL (House Of Blues)
06.18.08 - Detroit, MI (Royal Oak)
06.20.08 - Columbus, OH (Promo West)
06.21.08 - Cleveland, OH (House Of Blues)
06.22.08 - Buffalo, NY (The Tralf)
06.23.08 - Pittsburgh, PA (New Hazlett Theater)
06.25.08 - Atlantic City, NJ (House Of Blues)
06.26.08 - New York, NY (Blender Theater at Grammercy)
06.27.08 - New York, NY (Blender Theater at Grammercy)
06.28.08 - Boston, MA (Roxy)
06.29.08 - Philadelphia, PA (Trocadero)
06.30.08 - Baltimore, MD (Rams Head Live)
07.02.08 - Atlanta, GA (Center Stage)
07.03.08 - Tampa, FL (Tampa Theatre)
07.04.08 - Jacksonville, FL (Freebird)
07.05.08 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Revolution)
07.06.08 - Orlando, FL (House Of Blues)
07.09.08 - New Orleans, LA (House Of Blues)
07.10.08 - Houston, TX (Meridian)
07.11.08 - Austin, TX (Emos)
07.12.08 - Dallas, TX (House Of Blues)
Announcing A Skin, A Night... 07 Apr 2008
A SKIN, A NIGHT
A FILM BY VINCENT MOON
A Skin, A Night is a film about THE NATIONAL made by French filmmaker Vincent Moon.
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE! http://www.thenationalboxer.com/film/
It will be released on DVD by Beggars Banquet on May 20th and will be packaged with a bonus cd, The Virginia EP.
What goes on in A Skin, A Night, though, is not the stuff of well-rehearsed insider history. Nor is it a series of rock’n’roll clichés. Nor is it specifically concerned with the making of The National’s fourth full-length album, Boxer, even though much of it was filmed during sessions for that record at Peter Katis’s Bridgeport, Connecticut studio. A Skin, A Night is less a movie about The National than a movie about how music is made today -- not with classic rock bravado, or debauched indulgence, but through novelistic attention to detail, a collective implosion of personality, and worried worried nights.
When the association between Vincent and The National began, he wasn’t yet known as the auteur behind Le Blogotheque’s Les Concerts A Emporter aka The Take Away Shows. It was well before his tenure as image maker for R.E.M and Arcade Fire. And The National had yet to become one of the most beloved of the current crop of independent rock bands.
A Skin, A Night is a sixty-minute portrait of impressions, mutual affection, and intimate moments you’d never otherwise see. If The National’s lyrics seem to take us inside the human condition, Vincent Moon’s images take us outside, documenting the beauty of the sounds made by our human skin.
A Skin, A Night will be packaged with The Virginia EP, which contains 12 tracks of demos, live versions, radio sessions and b-sides.
The Virginia EP tracklisting:
1) YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN, VIRGINIA (previously unreleased)
2) SANTA CLARA (UK b-side)
3) BLANK SLATE (UK b-side)
4) TALL SAINT (demo)
5) WITHOUT PERMISSION (unreleased cover of Caroline Martin song)
6) FOREVER AFTER DAYS (demo)
7) REST OF YEARS (demo)
8) SLOW SHOW (demo)
9) LUCKY YOU (daytrotter session)
10) MANSION ON THE HILL (live)
11) FAKE EMPIRE (live)
12) ABOUT TODAY (live)
HOT band alert..... 19 Mar 2008
Stereogum recently checked in with Devastations to talk about what they called "one of our favorites of this young year".
SO, we thought it would be nice to give y'all another listen to a song. Black Ice is our new promo mp3 for Devastations. Watch out...it's catchy!
FILM SCHOOL: Spring classes are now in session 05 Mar 2008
We're happy to report, that starting with SXSW, FILM SCHOOL are hitting the road and playing shows coast to coast throughout the Spring. Many of which will be in support of British Sea Power. Below are the shows FILM SCHOOL have confirmed so far but we promise more dates in late April and early May are on the way. So keep checking back to see if they'll be hitting a city near you.
FILM SCHOOL SXSW 2008:
March 13th / Bay Area Takeover Party (4pm) / Beauty Bar
March 14th / Little Radio-Noise Pop Party (1:30pm) / Red Eye Fly
March 15th / Hot Freaks Party (2pm) / Mohawk
March 15th / SFxSXSW Party (12:25am) / Bourbon on 6th
FILM SCHOOL (supported by Airiel):
March 19th / Club Moscow at Boardner's / Los Angeles, CA
March 20th / Spaceland / Los Angeles, CA
March 21st / Art Bar / Las Vegas, NV
March 23rd / Beauty Bar / San Diego, CA
FILM SCHOOL supporting British Sea Power:
April 11th / The Loft / Dallas, TX
April 12th / Club Deville / Austin, TX
April 13th / Numbers / Houston, TX
April 15th / Spanish Moon / Baton Rouge, LA
April 17th / Club Downunder (FSU) / Tallahassee, FL
April 18th / The Social / Orlando, FL
April 19th / Jack Rabbits / Jacksonville, FL
April 21st / The Earl / Atlanta, GA
April 22nd / Bottletree / Birmingham, AL
April 23rd / Hi Tone / Memphis, TN
Devastations are worried about Britney. 22 Feb 2008
The Devastations....so sweet, so caring...so concerned!
They just don't want Brit Brit to make any more
oh, britney.... 7 January 08
i must confess a total fascination with celebrity meltdown. i guess most people would probably hold a similar fascination. perhaps it’s because it allows you to judge those whom normally you may consider ‘beyond judgement’, or maybe it’s just a vicarious thrill – i dunno – but this latest shit with britney has got me on the edge of my seat.
as much as i would like her to be ok and get herself together etc, i would also love little more than to see her in some OJ style car chase through malibu, brandishing a pistol and spewing bile at the TV crews and police.
it’s totally playing out like the classic american tale of the dizzying heights of fame and excess, and i’m all sucked in.
the interesting thing though is her old snugglin’ partner, herr timberlake – who, try as he might, cannot put a foot wrong in life. i don’t know if he has publicly come forward to support britney or whatever – he probably has – but i would love to know his thoughts on the fact that the further britney falls, the higher he climbs.
two ex-mickey mouse club kids (what more perfect symbol of america?) and their seperate, yet intrinsically linked paths.
sometimes i think the CIA is behind all this.
it’ll make the best movie ever.
go britney,
cs xx
Congrats to FILM SCHOOL! 13 Feb 2008
FILM SCHOOL landed at the #4 spot in the LA RECORD readers poll for the Best LA Albums of 2007!
REM hearts THE NATIONAL! 04 Feb 2008
REM is taking THE NATIONAL on tour! OK...Modest Mouse is coming too, but it will be a shiny happy tour and one of the smartest triple bills around. Here are the dates as we know 'em. And a montage image courtesy of the interweb.
23 MAY: VANCOUVER, BC - DEER LAKE PARK w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
29 MAY: LOS ANGELES, CA - HOLLYWOOD BOWL w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
31 MAY: BERKELEY, CA - GREEK THEATRE w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
03 JUNE: DENVER, CO - RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
06 JUNE: CHICAGO, IL - UNITED CENTER w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
08 JUNE: TORONTO, ON - MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
10 JUNE: RALEIGH, NC - WALNUT CREEK AMPHITHEATRE w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
11 JUNE: COLUMBIA, MD - MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
13 JUNE: BOSTON, MA - TWEETER CENTER w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
14 JUNE: WANTAGH, NY - JONES BEACH w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
18 JUNE: PHILADELPHIA, PA - MANN CENTER w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
19 JUNE: NEW YORK, NY - (Venue TBA) w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
21 JUNE: ATLANTA, GA - LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE w/ R.E.M. + Modest Mouse
Seen & Heard Film & TV Update 07 Dec 2007
BELLE & SEBASTIAN, CAT POWER & THE MOLDY PEACHES ALL HAVE SONGS IN THE FOX SEARCHLIGHT FILM & soundtrack for JUNO Directed by Jason Reitman, starring Ellen Page, Jennifer Garner & Jason Batemen. Release date: December 5th limited USA http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467406/ .
B&S's "Expectations" scene description: BV approx 1:25 Reality is sinking in for a very pregnant Juno (Ellen Page). She is no longer a normal HS student & her friend Bleeker(Michael Cera) is going to the prom w/ someone else. Piazza NY Catcher BV :35 sec Spring has arrived & Juno is getting Bigger. Her Stepmom Bren sews special pants w/ an elastic waiatband to accommodate Juno's growing belly.
Cat Power's "Sea Of Love" Scene Description: BV approx 2min. After giving birth, Juno lies quietly in a hospital bed, w/ Bleeker by her side. Vanessa (Jennifer Garner) sees the baby in the hospital nursery for the first time & holds her.
The Moldy Peaches' "Anyone But You" is featured twice in the film+ in the film's Trailers. Once as a visual vocal & once as BV 1:37 Scene Description: Juno gives birth at the hospital.
THE NATIONAL
"Start A War" was featured the ABC series Brothers & Sisters (episode #209). Series description: A family in LA deals with life's trials & tribulations after the death of the not so perfect patriarch. Scene Description: BV approv 2:30 Kevin & Scotty talk after Kitty & McCallister's wedding. Air Date 12/2/07
Have a great weekend!
Best,
Jenn & Brigitte
Film School: Sights & Sounds in San Diego 06 Dec 2007
FM94/9 has teamed up with the San Diego Museum of Art to stage an on-going evening of art, music and culture. Or least that's how they're billing it. It does sound pretty cool though. SDMA's special exhibition for the night is titled Animated Painting and will feature 25 cinematic works by 14 international contemporary artist who adapt traditional painting and drawing methods to the concepts and technologies of animation. Better yet Film School make up the music portion of Sights & Sounds. They'll be performing in SDMA's auditorium starting at 9pm. Two cash bars and FM94/9 spinning tunes in the museum's rotunda confirm that it's a party. So everyone in San Diego come on down for Sights & Sounds on Thursday, December 13th.
San Diego Museum of Art: www.sdmart.org/calendar-sights-sounds
FM949: www.fm949sd.com/events/EventFocus.cfm?id=165
Seen & Heard: Beggars Group Film & TV Update For November 29 Nov 2007
Hey guys, sorry for the delay, but we're back with a pretty exciting update for ya...So pls tune in!
BADLY DRAWN BOY
"I Love N.Y.E." (From the About a Boy OST)Is featured for 2 months in the USA and Canada in the Starbucks holiday campaign spots both on tv & online.
Start date: November 21st Watch it here: http://www.starbucks.com/flash/externalShell/sbux_holidaySpots.html
HOLY FUCK
"Frenchy's" was featured in CBS series CSI NY (episode # 408). Scene description: stylized montage CSI detective Lindsay Monroe is processing of a purse for evidence in an ongoing investigation. Air Date: November 14th
MOJAVE 3
"Big Star Baby" is featured in the new Gregg Araki film Smiley Face. Scene Description: 4 min. BV Song plays as Jane & Mikey are stuck in traffic.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780608/
The film will have a very limited theatrical release and will play in Los Angeles at the NuArt Theater in West L.A. starting November 16, 2007. Though, if you can’t make it to the theater Smiley Face will release on DVD on January 8, 2008.
THE NATIONAL
"Start A War" is featured the ABC series Brothers & Sisters (episode #209). Series description: A family in LA deals with life's trials & tribulations after the death of the not so perfect patriarch. Scene Description: BV approv 2:30 Kevin & Scotty talk after Kitty & McCallister's wedding. Air Date 12/2/07
EMMA POLLOCK
"THE OPTIMIST" was featured on the new CBS series starring Jimmy Smits Cane (episode #008 ) Scene description: Frank & Ellis are on his yacht & he tells her he wants to go public with their relationship. Air Date: 11/13/07
VOXTROT
"Ghost" is featured on the Yurman website in a online ad for a new watch design called Waverly Watch. Link: www.davidyurman.com Air Date: November 2007 - November 2008.
BEST,
JL&BG
...for all your gifting needs 01 Nov 2007
Have you seen all the amazing merch items that The National have for sale? This scarf takes the cake, and should probably win an award for best merch item EVER! You can buy it at their online store , or if you're in a country such as Ireland, Scotland, England, Belgium, France, Croatia, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Turkey, Russia, New Zealand or Australia, maybe you can buy one at a show !
Film School / Reckless in-store in Chicago today! 01 Nov 2007
Just a reminder for all you FILM SCHOOL fans in Chicago, the band will be doing a FREE in-store performance at Reckless Records (3161 N. Broadway) today (Nov 1st) at 7:30pm. If you can't make it down to that, Film School will also be playing at Schubas later this evening. ENJOY!
Seen & Heard: Beggars Group Film & TV Update 29 Oct 2007
The Mountain Goats "This Year"gets 'playlisted' by one of the characters (Karl) from the new series Big Shots on ABC, chk it out:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/bigshots/index?pn=Playlists#t=0&d=26601
THE NATIONAL
"FAKE EMPIRE" is featured in the TV TRAILERS for the United Artists/MGM film Lions For Lambs, directed by Robert Redford & starring Meryl Streep & Tom Cruise. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891527/ Start date: THIS WEEK!!
RJD2
"Get It" was featured in the opening scene of CBS series CSI: NY (episode #404). Episode title "Times Up" & you can view it here: http://alpha.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/
Scene description: BI :40 sec. Naked, bloody man runs down the street into the police station & whispers into detective Taylors ear then dies. Air Date: Oct 17th
Film School kicks our ass 24 Oct 2007
Many of us saw Film School last night at the Mercury Lounge and DAMN if they didn't kick our ass! Last time many of us saw them, it was a couple of days after they had their stuff stolen and they were using borrowed and rented equipment. Last night, we got a wonderful reminder of how amazing they are live. Pure shoegaze, ethereal vocals, Greg's awesome swaggery rock moves....I could go on! They have more shows, and one more in NYC too - so check them out!
10/24 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears10/25 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
10/26 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells
10/28 Cleveland, OH - Beachland
10/29 Toronto, ONT - El Mocambo
10/30 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
10/31 Chicago, IL - Schubas
11/01 Chicago, IL - Schubas
11/03 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
11/05 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
11/08 San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar
11/15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
Also check out the Film School tour blog
Seen & Heard: Beggars Group Film & TV Update For The week of 10/15/07 19 Oct 2007
Mojave 3
No Matter What You Do (Their Love cover) will be featured in the Miramax/Disney film Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck & stars Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, & Ed Harrris. Scene Description: 1:52 BV Song plays in a rundown slum where drug addicts meet. Two of the lead characters enter the house investigating a child's abduction. Release date: Oct. 19th in the U.S.
Your Vote Will Count! 27 Sep 2007
Beggars the label and some of our artists have been nominated in Venus Zine's annual Hottt List. Head to their site -- http://venuszine.com/
and cast your ballot in these categories!
Best Band:
Arcade Fire
Deerhoof
Dirty Projectors
The Donnas
Electrelane
The Fiery Furnaces
Grizzly Bear
The Long Blondes
Oakley Hall
Spoon
White Stripes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Best Female Solo Artist
Lily Allen
Feist
Joan as Police Woman
M.I.A.
Joanna Newsom
PJ Harvey
St. Vincent
Amy Winehouse
Zap Mama
Best Record Label:
Arts & Crafts
Beggars Banquet
Ed Banger Records
Bloodshot
Chocolate Industries
Kill Rock Stars
Matador
Merge
Minty Fresh
MPress
Purple Feather
Righteous Babe
Saddle Creek
Sarathan
Secretly Canadian
Smog Veil
Southern
Sub Pop
Thrill Jockey
Touch & Go
THE NATIONAL on Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 9/26 21 Sep 2007
Tune in for another amazingly memorable late night TV performance from THE NATIONAL! They will be performing "Apartment Story" on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on Wednesday 9/26.
Film School says THANKS! 11 Sep 2007
OUT TODAY:
FILM SCHOOL's "Hideout"
Film School's new album, "Hideout" is one they couldn't have made without the help of the many people that came to their aid when things got tough for them. The album’s credits include a list of more than 140 people, each of whom came to the rescue—with money, equipment, time, or otherwise—after the band’s gear was stolen last year.
Just after the band's self-titled debut for Beggars Banquet was released, the band scored coveted opening slots for The National and the Rogers Sisters all over Europe before headlining their own tour of the States. But in the middle of that tour, frontman Greg Bertens got jumped outside a club in Columbus, Ohio; then in Philadelphia, somebody stole the tour van, plowing straight through the security gate of the motel parking lot, with all the band’s equipment inside. Once back home, the stress of a demanding show schedule, the ups and downs of a trying year, and emerging creative differences among bandmates ended with the decision to move forward with a change in personnel, and Film School looking to a fresh beginning with a new album.
SPIN.COM SAYS: "The four-minute melancholic pop tresses of "Two Kinds" wafts with watery synths and swishing drums, displaying a slightly new wave edge that recalls the atmospheric wane of Joy Division and the Cure. "There's two kinds of love / And one we used to know," croons Bertens to a psychedelic soundscape that rises and falls with a hardened bass line and pretty, multilayered guitars. Moody, gothic and intense, Film School is definitely fit for the school of rock."
Seen & Heard: Beggars Group Film & TV update for the week of 9/3/07 07 Sep 2007
MARK LANEGAN
ONE HUNDRED DAYS is featured in the FX series Rescue Me (episode #412). Scene Description: BV BV: 2 Uses: Up to 3:45 (approximate timing) – Tommy sneaks into a burning building wearing Jimmy Keefe’s bunker jacket, he saves, and makes-out with a rather drunk woman. Despite a huge blinding explosion, they make it out safely. Tommy leaves her in an alley where EMT’s find her, and walks off unnoticed. 2nd Use: End credits. Air Date: September 5th.
THE NATIONAL
"Fake Empire" appears in the Canadian feature film Battle In Seattle Film Description: BV & End Credits - This film, which stars Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta and directed by Stuart Townsend, is about the 5 days that rocked the world in 1999 as tens of thousands of demonstrators took the streets in protest of the World Trade Organization. Release date: September 8, 2007 at Toronto International Film Festival
PIXIES
"Gouge Away" off of Doolittle will appear in the snowboarding film Catch The Vapors. Film Description: BV The fast paced snowboarding visuals will be edited to the beat of the music, keeping the integrity of the song while offering excellent representation of the artist. In essence, it has a similar format as a music video. Release date: September 4th, 2007
GARY NUMAN
"Are Friends Electric" will be featured in a snowboarding and lifestyle film titled "Thanks In Advance." Release Date: Sept 4th, 2007.
Seen & Heard: Beggars Group Film + TV Update for The Week of Aug 27th 30 Aug 2007
CALLA's "SWAGGER is" featured in the trailer for the independent film Weirdsville, starring Wes Bentley & Jason Speedman. Directed by Allen Molye (of Pump Up The Volume fame). Start date: Aug 3rd in Canada only but also online here NOW. You can learn more about the film here (IMDB). Film release Oct 5th. The song will also be featured in the film, but those details will come later!
DEVENDRA BANHART does Don't Look Back In Anger (An Oasis cover) is featured on Engine Room Recordings Guilt By Association compilation. Release date: Aug 28th.
Film School NEW LINE UP NEW ALBUM NEW TOUR DATES 29 Aug 2007
"Hideout" their second full length for Beggars Banquet hits stores September 11th. Check out the MP3 for "Lectric" (track 2) here.
Film School is now Greg Bertens (vocals, guitar), Dave Dupuis (guitar), Lorelei Plotczyk (bass, vocals),
Jason Ruck (keyboards) and James Smith (drums).
"Hideout" was written largely in Greg Bertens’ Los Angeles apartment, recorded in both LA and San Francisco
studios with engineer Dan Long, mixed by Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Band of Horses, the Shins, Stephen Malkmus),
and produced by Bertens. Hideout builds on the band’s pretty, richly textured sound by emphasizing powerful
rhythms and beautiful melodies that take the songwriting to a new level. Bertens signature vocal delivery shows
more breadth on this release, and evokes a plaintive longing that is magnified by the addition of female voices,
courtesy of bassist Lorelei Plotcyzk, and guest vocalists Tracy Uba (Timonium) and Leah Piehl. Other guest
musicians loaning their talents to the album are Colm O’Ciosoig and Paul Wilson.
Some early comments are in, and people are TOTALLY digging "Hideout".....
"The new Film School is simply awesome. It's not over the top, crowded or forced in any way, on any track.
The band doesn't necessarily leave their shoegazey/post-punk roots behind. Instead, Greg Bertens sculpts
Hideout into a more dynamic and thicker sounding album with blissed-out guitars and keys swooping in
exactly when they need to." - LITTLE RADIO
"Someone’s been listening to The Jesus and Mary Chain. Film School must have had a goth-shoegaze epiphany,
because from beginning to end, Hideout is layered, dark pop bliss. It’s quite reassuring to know that a genre
that’s been exploited to the bone can still come out this sick." - XLR8R.COM
FILM SCHOOL - US TOUR DATES
* 16 September 2007 Treasure Island Fest San Francisco California US
* 07 October 2007 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa California US
* 10 October 2007 The Crocodile Seattle Washington US
* 11 October 2007 Dante's Portland Oregon US
* 12 October 2007 Blue Lamp Sacramento California US
* 16 October 2007 Emo's Austin Texas US
* 17 October 2007 Cavern Club Dallas Texas US
* 19 October 2007 The Earl Atlanta Georgia US
* 20 October 2007 Local 506 Chapel Hill North Carolina US
* 21 October 2007 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington District Of Columbia US
* 22 October 2007 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia Pennsylvania US
* 23 October 2007 Mercury Lounge New York New York US
* 24 October 2007 TT the Bears Cambridge Massachusetts US
* 25 October 2007 Mercury Lounge New York New York US
* 26 October 2007 Maxwell's Hoboken New Jersey US
* 28 October 2007 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland Ohio US
* 29 October 2007 El Mocambro Toronto Ontario CA
* 30 October 2007 Pike Room Pontiac US
* 31 October 2007 Schubas Chicago Illinois US
* 01 November 2007 Schubas Chicago Illinois US
* 03 November 2007 400 Bar Minneapolis Minnesota US
* 05 November 2007 Larimer Lounge Denver Colorado US
* 08 November 2007 Beauty Bar San Diego California US
* 15 November 2007 Echoplex Los Angeles California US
i like iLiKETRAiNS 22 Aug 2007
At SXSW earlier this year, The Beggars Group took over Emo's and had a showcase. Many of our bands played, and they were ALL amazing. One band in particular however, took many of our breaths away. It was iLiKETRAiNS. When they played, it was everyone's first time seeing them and meeting them and they were all super cool guys and a whole lot of fun....which is funny, because they sing about DARK topics.
We're really psyched that they will finally have a full-length out in the US on October 23rd. It's called "Elegies To Lessons Learnt" and it's like a history lesson wrapped up in an album.
"Elegies..." attempts to illustrate how history repeats itself, and how the human race fails to learn from its mistakes. The album takes on the Great Fire of London in “25 Sins”, an ill-fated round the world yachtsman in “The Deception”, the only British prime minister ever to be assassinated in “Spencer Perceval”, and the Salem Witch Trials in “We Go Hunting”. Other songs cover massacre, the ‘iron curtain’, the plague and madness.
Keep your eyes out for an mp3 soon!
Bienvenidos a Rough Trade 24 Jul 2007
Obviously, we'll have a bit more to say about this, but as long as everyone is talking about it , we'd just like to welcome Rough Trade to the big boat of love that is the Beggars Group. While we could go on and on, we couldn't have said it finer than our esteemed leader:
i'm very happy to be able to confirm that as of today we have completed our long-rumoured deal with sanctuary and rough trade, and that as a result rough trade is now officially a very welcome addition to our group of labels
welcome one and all !
martin
The National on Letterman 03 May 2007
Brooklyn's favorite sons have been added to the late night TV rotation and confirmed an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on Tuesday July 24th. We are now starting to worry that band might be getting over exposed but it makes us positively giddy to think Paul Schaffer might just be tickling the ivories with our guys.
Voxtrot Is In The Studio 15 Dec 2006
According to that Voxtrot Kid, the band is officially finished setting up in the studio and are set to begin recording their first-ever full-length. With Victor Van Vugt at the helm (who helped sweeten up Mojave 3's poptacular Puzzles Like You), we expect great things. And, Ramesh also was kind enough to mark the occassion by posting a very stripped down version of Sway - if you compare this to the lush sound of the EP version, hopefully a hint of the great things to come.